Thomas Judd

This is a quick fun activity to create a sundial. Works best if you can section off a section of a playground or parking lot to mark with chalk throughout the day to track the motion of the sun. Can work on multiple grade levels; I used it with a self contained middle school classroom.

This is a power point and guided note sheet for the founding of the first permenant settlement in the United States. The guided note sheet accompanies the power point which can be used with or without the gudied notes. These notes work well as an IEP accomodation for students with disabilities and this power point was used in my middle school self contained classroom. Note section of the presentation incuded discusion questions and guiding facts.

Attached is a project I use for my self contained middle school class (Is also used by 6th -8th grade general ed in my school). It is used for Black History Month but can be adapted to any other significant event, time period, or purpose. In the project students spend time researching important people or events then create a research project about their person or event. After research students create a "Museum Wing" in a predetermined location at the school where their "Artifacts" are hung al

This is a short assessment that I use with my class after completing separation of powers in our Constitution Unit of Social Studies. It provides them with some real life examples of how the three branches of our government work together and provide checks and balances. This was created for a self contained middle school classroom and went over well in grades 6-8 with students functioning on reading levels from K-5. Could be used over multiple grade levels depending on the support being provi

This is a power point from my unit on colonization of the United states. This outlines the New England colonies and includes a guided note sheet to go along with the Power Point and meet IEP accomodations for students with disabilities. The presentation can be used with or without the note sheet and was used in my self contained middle school classroom.

This is the PPT and Lesson Plan that I used for a 3rd read of "The Hangman" which is an excellent supplementary read to go along with "The Diary of Anne Frank." The PPT is set up for a 3rd read and allows for close reading, and group reading of the text. It assumes that some annotation has already been completed but can be adapted to use for annotation or first read of the text. The lesson is based off RL.2 and RL.5 for 8th grade students but also touches RI.2 and RI.5 as the text is compared

This is a power point including discussion and Text dependent quations to accompany the poem "If" This was used in a self contained middle school classroom with 6, 7, and 8th grade students. Can also be used as a good template for ELA power points with a scrolling agenda on the screen.

This is a quiz used in my middle school self contained classroom after completing our unit on early settlmeents in America. It focuses on Jamestown and Roanoke and includes a note sheet/study guide from the powerpoints used in the unit. Keep an eye out for these power points which will be posted soon after a few touch ups.

Use this as a guide for PPT for "The Hangman." Be sure to download both files and this plan will help navigate the PPT for the poem.